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Are We ("the People") Okay with White House Lies and Fabrications?

Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Sun, 02/26/2006 - 9:48pm.

Not specific to Olympia, but highly important to Olympians nonetheless.

For all of the hoopla and tracking of the Bush administrations wheelings and dealings vís a vís Oil-Gate and Iraq, the ongoing debacle of the response to hurricane Katrina and numerous other happenings that have been perpetrated on the American (and world) people - I am utterly astounded that there isn't a more furious design to purge the executive branch of our government from their nefarious graspings.

Here's an article that echoes that sentiment. It is short, to the point, and well-worth the read:

Robert Dreyfuss
With Iraq perched at the very precipice of an ethnic and sectarian holocaust, the utter failure of the Bush administration’s policy is revealed with starkest clarity. Iraq may or may not fall into the abyss in the next few days and weeks, but what is no longer in doubt is who is to blame: If Iraq is engulfed in civil war then Americans, Iraqis and the international community must hold President Bush and Vice President Cheney responsible for the destruction of Iraq.
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Rob Whitlock: I am utterly a

Submitted by The Fire Inside on Sun, 02/26/2006 - 10:11pm.

Rob Whitlock: I am utterly asounded that there isn't a more furious design to purge the executive branch of our government from their nefarious graspings.

The Fire: Unless you're suggesting a coup, it's not going to happen (and, in all reality, probably couldn't happen).

This administration is really

Submitted by Rob Richards on Sun, 02/26/2006 - 10:17pm.

This administration is really beginning to lose the support of their own party. Never say never, rememer DC is the crazyiest place on Earth.

I think with this port situat

Submitted by The Fire Inside on Sun, 02/26/2006 - 11:30pm.

I think with this port situation you're really seeing everyone make a run for the exit from the Bush administration.

Harper's Takes the Lead

Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Sun, 02/26/2006 - 10:45pm.

Harper's Takes the Lead

Looks interesting, because I

Submitted by The Fire Inside on Sun, 02/26/2006 - 11:33pm.

Looks interesting, because I think you would have a difficult time proving deliberate action.

So many people would be answering I do not recollect that you would need some real hard evidence to prove a crime(s) were committed.

An excerpt of Lapham's essay

Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Mon, 02/27/2006 - 12:39pm.

An excerpt of Lapham's essay can now be found online: http://harpers.org/TheCaseForImpeachment.html

Here's an excerpt from the ex

Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Mon, 02/27/2006 - 12:59pm.

Here's an excerpt from the excerpt:

Before reading the report, I wouldn't have expected to find myself thinking that such a course of action was either likely or possible; after reading the report, I don't know why we would run the risk of not impeaching the man. We have before us in the White House a thief who steals the country's good name and reputation for his private interest and personal use; a liar who seeks to instill in the American people a state of fear; a televangelist who engages the United States in a never-ending crusade against all the world's evil, a wastrel who squanders a vast sum of the nation's wealth on what turns out to be a recruiting drive certain to multiply the host of our enemies. In a word, a criminal—known to be armed and shown to be dangerous. Under the three-strike rule available to the courts in California, judges sentence people to life in jail for having stolen from Wal-Mart a set of golf clubs or a child's tricycle. Who then calls strikes on President Bush, and how many more does he get before being sent down on waivers to one of the Texas Prison Leagues?

Ted Koppel wrote a relevant a

Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Mon, 02/27/2006 - 9:01am.

Ted Koppel wrote a relevant and timely op-ed last Saturday for the NY Times also.

It's time to kick these Bush Clowns out of the White House!

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